Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "framed-for-a-crime"

1. A Simple Favor (2018)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells

Votes: 162,686 | Gross: $53.55M

2. After Hours (I) (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong

Votes: 81,449 | Gross: $10.60M

3. Touch of Evil (1958)

PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 109,828 | Gross: $2.24M

4. A Perfect Murder (1998)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet

Votes: 92,243 | Gross: $67.64M

5. Chain Reaction (1996)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward

Votes: 56,261 | Gross: $21.23M

6. Tank (1984)

PG | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier

Votes: 4,682 | Gross: $14.13M

7. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Votes: 35,716

8. Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (2006 Video)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian Jail on trumped-up drug charges.

Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Ben Cross, Eli Danker

Votes: 39,230

9. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.

Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen, Jacky Cheung

Votes: 19,899

10. Tales from the Crypt (1972)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon

Votes: 13,021 | Gross: $1.70M

11. Absence of Malice (1981)

PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon

Votes: 14,762 | Gross: $40.72M

12. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny

Votes: 3,167

13. Charro! (1969)

G | 98 min | Western

Vince Hackett's gang steals a prized victory cannon from Mexico and blames the deed on ex-gang member Jess Wade, who wants to go straight.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French, Barbara Werle

Votes: 2,376 | Gross: $3.27M

14. Dante (2024)

TV-14 | 113 min | Documentary

DANTE: Inferno to Paradise chronicles the life, work and legacy of the great 14th century Florentine poet, Dante Alighieri, and his epic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western Literature.

Stars: Catherine Adoyo, Alan Cox, Dikran Tulaine, Fattori Fraser

Votes: 103

15. Lassiter (1984)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Bob Hoskins

Votes: 2,729 | Gross: $17.50M

16. Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Approved | 105 min | Comedy, War

In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 1,267

17. The Trouble with Girls (1969)

G | 97 min | Comedy, History, Musical

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small-town America.

Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North

Votes: 1,777

18. Til Ex Do Us Part (2018)

TV-14 | 89 min | Thriller

Just when their separation is coming to an end, and Kyle and Sophia have recommitted to each other, Sophia is accused of assaulting her husband's "friend," Claire, a woman he slept with ... See full summary »

Director: Danny J. Boyle | Stars: Kelly Sullivan, Anna Van Hooft, Dan Payne, Alisha Newton

Votes: 289

19. It! (1967)

Unrated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After one of their storehouses burns down, museum director Grove and his assistant Pimm find that everything, except for one statue, has been destroyed. Not long afterward, Grove is found ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert J. Leder | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell, Aubrey Richards

Votes: 1,541

20. The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 756

21. Nightmare Nurse (2016)

TV-14 | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a woman and her boyfriend are injured in a car crash, he is left with a leg injury which requires them to hire a nurse, but the woman they select is more trouble than she appears.

Director: Craig Moss | Stars: Sarah Butler, Lindsay Hartley, Steven Good, Traci Lords

Votes: 939

22. The Strange One (1957)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Students faced with an ethical dilemma about the dehumanization associated with the tradition of hazing, at a military college in the Southern United States, take matters in their own hands.

Director: Jack Garfein | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch

Votes: 1,362

23. For Those Who Think Young (1964)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy

A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Paul Lynde, Tina Louise

Votes: 572

24. The Headsman (2005)

R | 115 min | Drama

The story of time-tested loyalty of two friends during Europe's 16th-century Inquisition. Orphans Martin and Georg bond as children, but walk very different paths as adults. Georg follows ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Aeby | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter McDonald, Anastasia Griffith, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 1,079

25. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown

Votes: 878

26. The Flapper (1920)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

Ginger grows up in a slow town. Because of her wild attitude, her father decides to send her to a strict boarding school. Despite the strictness, the girls have fun getting into flapper lifestyle trouble including flirting.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Olive Thomas, Theodore Westman Jr., William P. Carleton, Warren Cook

Votes: 431

27. Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery

A doctor is not sure if he murdered his beautiful but wicked wife, and has his attractive nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce

Votes: 1,259

28. The Racket (1928)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins

Votes: 1,585

29. A Face to Kill for (1999 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Thriller

Accomplished horse trainer is deceived by her husband, unfairly sent to prison, and she re-makes herself and plans to get revenge.

Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Stars: Crystal Bernard, Doug Savant, Billy Dean, Claire Rankin

Votes: 300

30. The Hunted (1948)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.

Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake

Votes: 668

31. Action in Arabia (1944)

Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.

Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 607

32. Honor Student (2014 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Thriller

At a book signing for his best seller, Nicholas Howarth is confronted by sexy Teresa Smith, who says he stole the story when he was her teacher in a woman's prison. Teresa has killed before... See full summary »

Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Josie Loren, Niall Matter, Shauna Johannesen, Sarah Strange

Votes: 389

33. Kit for Cat (1948)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Elmer Fudd takes in two cats during a cold night, but can only keep one. Both cats want to be chosen, so the battle is on.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 819

34. Bandido sa Sapang Bato (1981)

Action

Bandido sa Sapang Bato proves it as it depicts the usual little barrio setting. The whole Santa Maria is being ruled by greeds until Daniel Batolo, a bounty hunter, famous for his bravery ... See full summary »

Director: Pablo Santiago | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Marianne de la Riva, Paquito Diaz, Rosemarie Gil

35. Joggers (2022)

18 min | Short, Crime, Drama

On his way home, a young man exchanges glances with an attractive woman he sees jogging on his street. He decides on a plan to 'run into her' again on the following day with the hopes of sparking up something romantic.

Director: Ajitpal Babbra | Stars: Sam Lockwood, Lauren Saliu, Jo Krayer, Alister Hawke

Votes: 47

36. Reform School (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Drama

A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes.

Director: Leo C. Popkin | Stars: Louise Beavers, Reginald Fenderson, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson

Votes: 86

37. Le Cop on Le Rocks (1967)

6 min | Animation, Short

Mistaken for a bank-robbing lookalike, The Inspector is sent to prison and his efforts to escape prove a hopeless challenge.

Director: George Singer | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Marvin Miller

Votes: 82

38. Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
Episode: The Curse of Anubis (1964)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A plot to frame Dr. Quest for the theft of a national Egyptian treasure awakens an ancient mummy to dog the steps of the true culprits.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mike Road, Tim Matheson, John Stephenson, Danny Bravo

Votes: 191

39. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: The Brotherhood (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A prison guard is charged with killing a released member of a white supremacist prison gang. The guard says the victim threatened him and his family. The gang also threatens the judge presiding over the trial.

Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Dennis Farina, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 287

40. Profit (1996–1997)
Episode: Security (1997)

45 min | Crime, Drama

Profit discovers a leak in Gracen & Gracen and uses it to his advantage, or at least so he thinks...

Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Sherman Augustus, Lisa Blount, Lisa Darr

Votes: 66

41. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: New Blood (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave's business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.

Director: Lyndon Chubbuck | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Ray Sharkey

Votes: 82

42. The Mighty Orbots (1984)
Episode: Devil's Asteroid (1984)

23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

SHADOW creates a robot named Tobor who is a dead ringer for the Mighty Orbots in their giant robot form. Framed for crimes committed by Tobor, the Orbots are sentenced to prison on Devil's ... See full summary »

Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tesshô Genda, Akari Hibino, Shôzô Hirabayashi, Miki Itô

43. Lupin the Third (1971–1977)
Episode: When the Seventh Bridge Falls (1972)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A serious case of bridge bombing has occurred. And it's not Lupin's work, but when he investigates he is forced to participate to spare an innocent hostage.

Directors: Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Gorô Naya, Richard Epcar

Votes: 99

44. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.773 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Rachel suggests a hiding place for Tim, where he sees a mysterious coffin.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Nancy Barrett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Clarice Blackburn, Don Briscoe

Votes: 24

45. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Monk's less than holiday mood is only worsened when he's accused of shooting Santa and becomes the most hated man in the city.

Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,169

46. Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
Episode: The Girls Can't Help It (2021)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Frankie and Trudy investigate a trio of flappers as they search for a stolen, priceless bottle of wine.

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews

Votes: 104

47. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Rush to Judgment (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While investigating the death and dismemberment of a high school wrestling coach, detective Flack gets in trouble when a suspect dies in his custody.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 271

48. City Homicide (2006–2011)
Episode: The Cutting Edge (2009)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A credential investigator is viciously strangled, but by the time his body is found, all his paperwork has disappeared. What did he uncover at the hospital he was investigating?

Director: Kevin Carlin | Stars: Shane Bourne, Nadine Garner, Daniel MacPherson, Aaron Pedersen

Votes: 39

49. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Growing Pains (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a mysterious ice powered enemy frames Frost for a brutal crime, she must find a way to clear her name; Barry and Iris have a surprise houseguest, and Joe continues to deal with Kristen Kramer.

Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 1,684

50. Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2020– )
Episode: A Pauper's Grave (2022)

TV-14 | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Eliza is forced into hiding when she is the prime suspect in a series of break-ins at city mortuaries. While Duke tries to find other suspects, Eliza turns to Moses for help.

Director: Steve Hughes | Stars: Kate Phillips, Cathy Belton, Tim Chipping, Stuart Martin

Votes: 314